January 31, 1983

January 31, 1983

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Management

Optical Fiber Threatens Satellite Role in Voice Links

By Jay C. Lowndes

Space Technology

Shuttle Payloads to Study Seeds, Snow, Processing

By Craig Covault

Management

Defense Budget Presses Nuclear Effort

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Management

Optical Fiber Threatens Satellite Role in Voice Links

By Jay C. Lowndes

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Space Technology

Shuttle Payloads to Study Seeds, Snow, Processing

Washington—Getaway Special payloads on shuttle Mission 6 will carry millions of seeds to study the effects of space on plants, an Air Force Academy materialsprocessing unit and a snow-formation payload sponsored by a Japanese newspaper to stimulate Japanese interest in space flight.

By Craig Covault

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Management

Defense Budget Presses Nuclear Effort

Administration continues modernization, also adds emphasis to increased conventional forces, research and development

By Clarence A. Robinson

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Business Flying

GAMA Forecasts Slight Delivery Gain

Washington—Deliveries of general aviation aircraft in 1983 are projected to remain near the depressed levels experienced in 1982, despite a forecast for a gradually improving U. S. economy, growing stronger in the second half of 1983.

By David M. North

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Space Technology

U. S. Assesses Hazard of Cosmos Fuel

Washington—U. S. Defense and intelligence officials were meeting last week to determine the radioactive hazards posed by the remaining piece of Cosmos 1,402 debris still orbiting the Earth and forecast to reenter the atmosphere between Feb. 6 and 10.

By Craig Covault

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Avionics

Simulator Recreates Realistic Weather

Binghamton, N. Y.—Programmable realtime weather radar presentation, now operating in an American Airlines Boeing 767 flight simulator being used for crew training here, is designed to reproduce a large repertoire of weather scenarios that interface with simulator instruments and cues to provide enhanced realism.

By Kenneth J. Stein

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Air Transport

Oil Discord to Benefit Carriers

Failure of exporting nations to reach production quotas will accelerate reduction of costs to airlines for fuel

By Eugene Kozicharow

3435
Air Transport

CAB Finds Deregulation Improving Efficiency

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Space Technology

NASA Studying Possibility Of Second Galileo Vehicle

By Bruce A. Smith

5657
Aeronautical Engineering

France Determines New Fighter Design

By Jeffrey M. Lenorovitz

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